Familiar Spirits Scriptures and other References
deliverance demonic possession
FAMILIAR SPIRITS
Sorcerers or necormancers, who professed to call up the dead to answer questions, were said to have a "familiar spirit" (
Deut. 18:11
;
2 Kings 21:6;
2 Chr. 33:6;
Lev. 19:31;
20:6;
Isa. 8:19;
29:4). Such a person was called by the Hebrews an _'ob_, which properly means a leathern bottle; for sorcerers were regarded as vessels containing the inspiring demon. This Hebrew word was equivalent to the pytho of the Greeks and was used to denote both the person and the spirit which possessed him (
Lev. 20:27;
1 Sam. 28:8; comp.
Acts 16:16). The word "familiar" is from the Latin familiaris, meaning a "household servant," and was intended to express the idea that sorcerers had spirits as their servants ready to obey their commands.
–Consulting of, forbidden
Le 19:31;
20:6,
27; De 18:10,11
–Vain
Isa 8:19;
19:3
–Those who consulted, to be cut off
Le 20:6,
27
–INSTANCES OF THOSE WHO CONSULTED
.Saul
1Sa 28:3-25;
1Ch 10:13
DEMONS
–Worship of
Le 17:7; De 32:17;
2Ch 11:15;
Ps 106:37;
Mt 4:9; Lu 4:7;
1Co 10:20,
21;
1Ti 4:1;
Re 13:4
–Worship of, forbidden
Le 17:7;
Zec 13:2;
Re 9:20
–Possession by, instances of
.Saul
1Sa 16:14-23;
18:10,
11;
19:9,
10
–Two men of the Gergesenes (Gadarenes, Gerasenes)
Mt 8:28-34;
Mr 5:2-20
–The deaf man
Mt 9:32,
33
–The deaf and blind man
Mt 12:22; Lu 11:14
–The daughter of the Syrophoenician woman
Mt 15:22-29;
Mr 7:25-30
–The epileptic boy
Mt 17:14-18;
Mr 9:17-27; Lu 9:37-42
–The man in the synagogue
Mr 1:23-26; Lu 4:33-35
–Mary Magdalene
Mr 16:9; Lu 8:2,3
–The herd of swine
Mt 8:30-32
–Cast out by Jesus
Mt 4:24;
8:16;
Mr 3:22; Lu 4:41
–Power over, given the disciples
Mt 10:1;
Mr 6:7;
16:17
–Cast out
.By the disciples
Mr 9:38; Lu 10:17
.By Peter
Acts 5:16
.By Paul
Acts 16:16-18;
19:12
.By Philip Acts 8:
–Disciples could not expel
Mr 9:18,
28,
29
–Sceva’s sons exorcise
Ac 19:13-16
–Parable of the man repossessed by unclean spirits
Mt 12:43-45
–Jesus falsely accused of being possessed of
Mr 3:22-30; Joh 7:20; 8:48; 10:20
–Testify to the divinity of Jesus
Mt 8:29;
Mr 1:23,
24;
3:11;
5:7; Lu 8:28;
Ac 19:15
–Adversaries of men
Mt 12:45
–Sent to foment trouble between Abimelech and the Shechemites
Jud 9:23
–Messages given false prophets by
1Ki 22:21-23
–Believe and tremble
Jas 2:19
–To be judged at the general judgment
Mt 8:29; with
2Pe 2:4;
Jude 1:6
–Punishment of
Mt 8:29;
25:41; Lu 8:28;
2Pe 2:4;
Jude 1:6;
Re 12:7-9
NECROMANCY
–General scriptures concerning De 18:11; 26:14;
Isa 8:19;
29:4
–INSTANCE OF
.The witch of En-dor
1Sa 28:7-19
WITCHCRAFT
–Law concerning
Ex 22:18;
Le 19:31;
20:6,
27
–The Witch of Endor
1Sa 28:7-25
–Witches destroyed
1Sa 28:3,
9
o SORCERY
–(Divination by an alleged assistance of evil spirits)
–Forbidden
Le 19:26-28,
31;
20:6; De 18:9-14
–Denounced
Isa 8:19;
Mal 3:5
–Practiced
.By the Egyptians
Isa 19:3,
11,
12
.By the magicians
Ex 7:11,
22;
8:7,
18
.By Balaam
Nu 22:6;
23:23; with 22; 23
.By Jezebel
2Ki 9:22
.By the Ninevites
Na 3:4,
5
.By the Babylonians
Isa 47:9-13;
Eze 21:21,
22;
Da 2:2,
10,
27
.By Belshazzar
Da 5:7,
15
.By Simon the Sorcerer (Magus)
Ac 8:9;
11
.By Elymas (Bar-Jesus)
Ac 13:8
.By the girl at Philippi
Ac 16:16
.By charlatan Jews
Ac 19:13
.By sons of Sceva
Ac 19:14,
15
.By astrologers
Jer 10:2;
Mic 3:6,
7
.By false prophets
Jer 14:14;
27:9;
29:8,
9;
Eze 13:6-9;
22:28;
Mt 24:24
–To cease
Eze 12:23,
24;
13:23;
Mic 5:12
–Messages of, false
Eze 21:29;
Zec 10:2;
2Th 2:9
–Diviners will be confounded
Mic 3:7
–Belongs to the works of the flesh
Ga 5:20
–Wickedness of
1Sa 15:23
–Vainness of
Isa 44:25
–Punishment for
Ex 22:18;
Le 20:27; De 13:5
–Divining by familiar spirits (mediums or spiritists)
Le 20:27;
1Ch 10:13;
2Ch 33:6;
Isa 8:19;
19:3;
29:4
–By entrails
Eze 21:21
–By images
2Ki 23:24;
Eze 21:21
–By rods
Ho 4:12
–Saul consulted the Witch of Endor
1Sa 28:7-25
–Books of, destroyed
Ac 19:19
o SATAN
–Called Abaddon (Hebrew: Destroyer)
Re 9:11
–The accuser of our brethren
Re 12:10
–The adversary
1Pe 5:8
–The angel of the bottomless pit
Re 9:11
–Apollyon (Greek: Destroyer)
Re 9:11
–Beelzebul
Mt 12:24;
Mr 3:22; Lu 11:15
–Belial
2Co 6:15
–The Devil
Mt 4:1; Lu 4:2,6;
Re 20:2
–Our common enemy
Mt 13:39
–Evil spirit
1Sa 16:14
–The father of all lies Joh 8:44
–Gates of hell (Hades)
Mt 16:18
–Great red dragon
Re 12:3
–The liar Joh 8:44
–Lying spirit
1Ki 22:22
–The murderer Joh 8:44
–That old serpent
Re 12:9;
20:2
–The power of darkness
Col 1:13
–The prince
.Of this world Joh 12:31; 14:30; 16:11
.Of demons
Mt 12:24
.Of the power of the air
Eph 2:2
.Ruler of the darkness of this world
Eph 6:12
.Satan
1Ch 21:1;
Job 1:6; Joh 13:27;
Ac 5:3;
26:18;
Ro 16:20
.The serpent
Ge 3:4,
14;
2Co 11:3
.The spirit that works in all disobedient people
Eph 2:2
.The Tempter
Mt 4:3;
1Th 3:5
.The god of this world
2Co 4:4
.Unclean spirit
Mt 12:43
.The wicked one
Mt 13:19,
38
–Kingdom of, to be destroyed
2Sa 23:6,
7
–With the context of
Mt 12:29;
13:30; Lu 11:21,22;
1Jo 3:8
–The synagogue of
Re 2:9;
3:9
–UNCLASSIFIED SCRIPTURES RELATING TO
Ge 3:1,
4,
5,
14,
15;
1Ch 21:1;
Job 1:6,
7,
9-12;
2:3-7;
9:24;
Ps 109:6;
Zec 3:1,
2;
Mt 4:1-11;
9:34;
13:19,
38,
39;
25:41;
Mr 1:13;
3:22-26;
4:15; Lu 4:1-13; 8:12; 10:18; 11:15,18; 13:16; 22:31,53; Joh 8:38,41,44; 12:31; 13:2,27; 14:30; 16:11;
Ac 5:3;
13:10;
26:18;
Ro 16:20;
1Co 7:5;
2Co 2:11;
4:4;
11:3,
14,
15;
12:7;
Eph 2:2;
4:27;
6:11-16;
Col 1:13;
2:15;
1Th 2:18;
3:5;
2Th 2:9;
1Ti 1:20;
3:6,
7;
5:15;
2Ti 2:26;
Heb 2:14;
Jas 4:7;
1Pe 5:8,
9;
2Pe 2:4;
1Jo 2:13;
3:8,
10,
12;
5:18;
Jude 1:6-9;
Re 2:9,
10,
13,
24;
3:9;
9:11;
12:9-12;
20:1-3,
7,
8,
10
